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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Newsome, Academic Fellow, University of Sydney Back in 2019, more than 11,000 scientists declared a global climate emergency. They established a comprehensive set of vital signs that impact or reflect the planet’s health, such as forest loss, fossil fuel subsidies, glacier thickness, ocean acidity and surface ... <a title="More livestock, more carbon dioxide, less ice: the world’s climate change progress since 2019 is (mostly) bad news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/more-livestock-more-carbon-dioxide-less-ice-the-worlds-climate-change-progress-since-2019-is-mostly-bad-news-165168/" aria-label="Read more about More livestock, more carbon dioxide, less ice: the world’s climate change progress since 2019 is (mostly) bad news">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk After his release from prison in South Africa and he became inaugural president of the majority rule government with the abolition of apartheid, Nelson Mandela declared in a speech in 1997: “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” Founding Halt All Racist Tours ... <a title="1981 Springbok tour protests revisited – and now Palestine is the new struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/1981-springbok-tour-protests-revisited-and-now-palestine-is-the-new-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about 1981 Springbok tour protests revisited – and now Palestine is the new struggle">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Allen, Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University David Crosling/AAP Australian households will begin receiving instructions on how to fill out the 2021 census from early August. The Census of Population and Housing is held every five years in Australia — and ... <a title="Census 2021 is almost here — what’s changed since #censusfail? What’s at stake in this pandemic survey?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/census-2021-is-almost-here-whats-changed-since-censusfail-whats-at-stake-in-this-pandemic-survey-164784/" aria-label="Read more about Census 2021 is almost here — what’s changed since #censusfail? What’s at stake in this pandemic survey?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Steain, Lecturer, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney Antonio Calanni/AP/AAP Russia was the first country to register a COVID vaccine, with its health ministry giving emergency approval to the Sputnik V vaccine in August 2020. This decision was met with ... <a title="Growing evidence suggests Russia’s Sputnik V COVID vaccine is safe and very effective. But questions about the data remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/growing-evidence-suggests-russias-sputnik-v-covid-vaccine-is-safe-and-very-effective-but-questions-about-the-data-remain-164392/" aria-label="Read more about Growing evidence suggests Russia’s Sputnik V COVID vaccine is safe and very effective. But questions about the data remain">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darcy Watchorn, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Shutterstock Wildlife worldwide is facing a housing crisis. When land is cleared for agriculture, mining, and urbanisation, habitats and natural refuges go with it, such as tree hollows, rock piles and large logs. The ideal solution is to tackle the threats ... <a title="Artificial refuges are a popular stopgap for habitat destruction, but the science isn’t up to scratch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/artificial-refuges-are-a-popular-stopgap-for-habitat-destruction-but-the-science-isnt-up-to-scratch-164401/" aria-label="Read more about Artificial refuges are a popular stopgap for habitat destruction, but the science isn’t up to scratch">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Eversole, Professor and Director, RegionxLink, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock University study is out of reach for many people in regional Australia. Most of our universities are based in a handful of capital cities. The result is persistent educational inequity between our ... <a title="We can put city and country people on more equal footing at uni — the pandemic has shown us how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/we-can-put-city-and-country-people-on-more-equal-footing-at-uni-the-pandemic-has-shown-us-how-164492/" aria-label="Read more about We can put city and country people on more equal footing at uni — the pandemic has shown us how">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aoife Wilkinson, PhD candidate, The University of Queensland Netflix On Friday, Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. This honour sent an important message to the world: Osaka represents a diversifying Japan. Yet, some still question whether she really is Japanese. The ... <a title="Yes, Naomi Osaka is Japanese. And American. And Haitian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/yes-naomi-osaka-is-japanese-and-american-and-haitian-165011/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Naomi Osaka is Japanese. And American. And Haitian">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Wild, Senior Research Fellow, Public Health, University of Auckland www.shutterstock.com “Explore your inner beast.” That was the slogan used last year to sell the Ford Ranger. At 2.4 tonnes, that’s a lot of “light” truck, but the stakes are rising. This year, the 3.5 tonne Ram ... <a title="Aggressive marketing has driven the rise of the double-cab ute on New Zealand streets — time to hit the brakes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/aggressive-marketing-has-driven-the-rise-of-the-double-cab-ute-on-new-zealand-streets-time-to-hit-the-brakes-165075/" aria-label="Read more about Aggressive marketing has driven the rise of the double-cab ute on New Zealand streets — time to hit the brakes?">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bright, Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has been considering whether whipping cream canisters containing nitrous oxide should be placed in Schedule 10 of the Poisons Standard. Schedule 10 is the most restrictive category within the Poisons Standard, reserved ... <a title="Whipping cream canisters have many uses beyond ‘nangs’. Banning them isn’t necessary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/whipping-cream-canisters-have-many-uses-beyond-nangs-banning-them-isnt-necessary-164870/" aria-label="Read more about Whipping cream canisters have many uses beyond ‘nangs’. Banning them isn’t necessary">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Nils Versemann/Shutterstock So you don’t believe the official inflation figures. Why would you? They show prices climbing at an annual rate of 1.1% On Wednesday the update for June quarter is likely to show prices ... <a title="What’s in the CPI and what does it actually measure?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/whats-in-the-cpi-and-what-does-it-actually-measure-165162/" aria-label="Read more about What’s in the CPI and what does it actually measure?">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Breakey, President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics. Senior Research Fellow, Moral philosophy, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Law Futures Centre., Griffith University Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in major Australian cities at the weekend, to protest the rolling lockdowns that have ... <a title="Public protest or selfish ratbaggery? Why free speech doesn’t give you the right to endanger other people’s health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/public-protest-or-selfish-ratbaggery-why-free-speech-doesnt-give-you-the-right-to-endanger-other-peoples-health-165079/" aria-label="Read more about Public protest or selfish ratbaggery? Why free speech doesn’t give you the right to endanger other people’s health">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Meade, Research Fellow in Economics, and in Social Sciences & Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology www.shutterstock.com With governments worldwide under pressure to ease pandemic restrictions as vaccination rates rise and impatience with border restrictions grows, new threats become clearer. One of the costliest, it is ... <a title="Why governments will have to consider the costs of long COVID when easing pandemic restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/why-governments-will-have-to-consider-the-costs-of-long-covid-when-easing-pandemic-restrictions-164944/" aria-label="Read more about Why governments will have to consider the costs of long COVID when easing pandemic restrictions">Read more</a>
